annual
Definitions
Happening once every year; calculated over or covering a year.
每年一次的；按年计算的，涵盖一年的。
A publication that comes out once a year, such as a yearbook.
年刊；年鉴（每年出版一次的刊物）。
A plant that completes its life cycle within a single year.
一年生植物。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedann (year) + -al (adj.) = 'of a year, yearly.' Anything that happens on a once-a-year rhythm is annual: an annual report, an annual checkup, annual rainfall. As a noun it names something tied to one year — a yearly publication, or a plant that lives just one year (the opposite of a perennial).
Root ann still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.annual report年度报告
- 2.annual meeting年会
- 3.annual income年收入
- 4.annual leave年假
- 5.annual fee年费
Example Sentences
- 1.
The company publishes an annual report every March.
- 2.
Average annual rainfall here is about 600 millimeters.
- 3.
Shareholders gather at the annual meeting to vote.
- 4.
Marigolds are annuals, so you replant them each spring.
Easily Confused
annual vs annul — almost identical spelling, unrelated meanings. annual (with the extra a) means 'yearly.' annul means 'to cancel or invalidate' (annul a marriage) and comes from a different Latin source (nullus, 'none'). Yearly → annual; cancel → annul.